Berrya

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Berrya cordifolia MHNT.BOT.2009.13.2.jpg | image_caption = ''Berrya cordifolia'' - MHNT | taxon = Berrya | authority = Roxb. (1819), nom. cons. | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 6; see text | subdivision_ref = <ref name = powo>{{cite web |title=''Berrya'' Roxb. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331399-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=9 January 2024}}</ref> | synonyms = *''Berria'' {{small|Roxb. (1820)}} *''Espera'' {{small|Willd. (1801)}} *''Hexagonotheca'' {{small|Turcz. (1846)}} *''Pterocoellion'' {{small|Turcz. (1863)}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo/> }}

'''''Berrya''''' is a genus of evergreen trees with fibrous bark, which range from tropical Asia to northern Australia and the southwestern Pacific.<ref name = powo/> The plants are valuable for their timber. The flowers are showy, with large tight clusters of green flowers.

==Cultivation== Trees from ''Berrya'' are propagated from seed and grown in warm temperate or tropical climates.

==Species== Six species are accepted.<ref name = powo/> *''Berrya cordifolia'' {{small|(Willd.) Burret}} *''Berrya javanica'' {{small|(Turcz.) Burret}} *''Berrya mollis'' {{small|Wall. ex Kurz}} *''Berrya pacifica'' {{small|A.C.Sm.}} *''Berrya papuana'' {{small|Merr. & L.M.Perry}} *''Berrya rotundifolia'' {{small|(Benth.) Domin}}

==References== {{Reflist}} *Ellison, Don (1999) Cultivated Plants of the World. London: New Holland (1st ed.: Brisbane: Flora Publications International, 1995) *[http://www.homolaicus.com/scienza/erbario/utility/botanica_sistematica/hypertext/0229.htm#000000 Botanica Sistematica]

Category:Brownlowioideae Category:Malvaceae genera Category:Taxa described in 1819 Category:Taxa named by William Roxburgh